J. riANNS & CO.'S CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Poppy— Continued. 



Double Peony Flowered, Mixed.— A compan- 

 ion strain to the preceding, but having the large double 

 flowers composed of broad silky petals with smooth or plain 

 edges, in contrast to the finely fringed petals of the pre- 

 ceding type. Pkt.,5c.; oz., 20c. 



Pansif. 



This well known favorite Is, without doubt, one of the most 

 ^^'isfactory flowers to grow, especially now that cultivation has 

 broug-ht forth such a bewildering variety of forms, sizes and colors. 

 Jf large flowers are wanted in early spring, the seeds should be 

 sown in autumn in a frame. For spring sowing, get the seed in 

 as early as possible, and keep the ground well watered and 

 thoroughly srirred up to kill weeds. The Pansy delights in a rich, 

 moist soil, and the largest flowers are borne upon young plants. 

 While they require plenty of sunshine in the spring, the hot sum- 

 mer sun is apt to dry them up and cause the flowers to become 

 small. Our seed is all from carefully selected large flowers, and 

 with proper care ingrowing will yield handsome returns. 



Bngnot's Giant Blotched. — Flowers of enormous 

 size, nearly circular in form, and in a great variety of the 

 handsomest and rarest colors, including some shades found 

 in no other variety. Each petal has a distinct, deeply col- 

 ored broad blotch. Pkt., lOc; Y^ oz., $1.00. 



Giant President Carnot.— Similar to preceding, 

 in large size and splendid form, but the margin of petals is 

 a clear snowy white, while centers are heavily blotched with 

 a soft rich shade of violet blue. Pkt., lie. 



Giant Emperor William. — lyarge flowers of a 

 soft ultramarine-blue, with large distinct dark blue eye. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



Giant Beaconsfield. — Extra large flowers of deep 

 violet-blue, shading to white at the edges of the upper 

 petals. Pkt., lOc; % oz., $1.00. 



Peacock. — Large flowers of most beautiful coloring. 

 The underlying tint is a lovely ultramarine-blue, which is 

 framed and streaked with rosy carmine tints in a manner 

 which resembles the brilliant eye of a peacock feather. 

 The name is further justified by beautiful iridescent blend- 

 ing of rich shadings. Pkt., 5c. 



jSmperor Frederick. — Velvety brown, shaded to a 

 narrow band of deep golden-yellow bordering each petal; 

 the rich central portion is finely rayed with bright gold 

 lines. Pkt., 5c 



Kingr of the Blacks. — Magnificent large flowers of 

 a rich glossj' black, having a peculiarly soft velvety appear- 

 "ance; distinct from the dead black of Faust. Pkt., 5c. 



Jet Black. — Dr. Faust or " Black Knight." — Flowers 

 of large size and deepest dead black, being free from any 

 glossy tint. Pkt., 5c. 



Large Flowering Parisian, Mixed. — The 

 enormous, conspicuously blotched and stained flowers of 

 this strain are as large as the Trimardeau and have a wide 

 range of magnificent colors. They are borne on stout steins 

 which show their beauty to perfection, and the plant is very 

 strong growing and hardy. The best sort for florists. 

 Pkg., 5c.; ^ oz., 75c. 



PaSSiflora — (See climbers.) 



Jabia. Splendens. 



Under our 

 hot summer 

 sun "this flame 

 colored beau- 

 ty" is the most 

 gorgeous of all 

 plants. For 

 months the 

 blaze of flam- 

 ing scarlet is 

 intensely bril- 

 1 i a n t , with 

 great spikes of 

 bloom c o m - 

 pletely c o n - 

 cealing the 

 foliage. A 

 single plant 

 will carry as 

 many as two 

 hundred spikes 

 of flowers, each 

 spike ten to 



twelve inches in length. A "packet" contains more than 



one hundred seeds. Pkt., 5c. 



Stock, Jen Weeks. 



All the varieties are desirable as pot plants, as well as 

 in the open garden. They are greatly prized for cut flowtrs 

 on account of their fragrance and colors. 



Giant Perfection. — A splendid race, growing two 

 and a-half feet high, with large spikes of perfectly double 

 flowers of great substance and beauty. Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 



Dw^arf German Bouquet. — Large flowering. 

 Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 



White Perpetual. — (Princess Alice; or, "Cut and 

 Come Again"). Of strong growth and fine branching habit, 

 it grows to the height of one and a half feet, and if sown 

 early will produce uninterruptedly a great abundance of 

 bloom from June until November. The individual flowers 

 are uncommonly large, of a fine, rosette-like shape and the 

 purest possible white. The flowers appear on each little 

 shoot, and the oftener the}' are cut the better they seem to 

 like it. Pkt., l(c. 



fy)illiam. 



{Bianthvs Barbatus 



For display in the 

 garden the Sweet 

 William is unsur- 

 passed. The seed can 

 be planted very 

 early in the 

 spring in open, 

 ground and will j 

 blossom the fol- 

 lowing summer' 

 or it c a n be 

 sown in Augu-^t 

 and will make 

 fine blooming 

 plants for 

 spring. 



Hardy peren- 

 nial; one and a- 

 half feet high. 



Fine Fixed.— Pkt., 5c. 



Mixed Double.— Many colors. Pkt., 5c. 



